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CLEARWATER, Fla. (Nov. 30) - Evel Knievel, the red-white-and-blue-spangled motorcycle daredevil whose jumps over Greyhound buses, live sharks and Idaho's Snake River Canyon made him an international icon in the 1970s, died Friday. He was 69.
Knievel's death was confirmed by his granddaughter, Krysten Knievel. He had been in failing health for years, suffering from diabetes and pulmonary fibrosis, an incurable condition that scarred his lungs.
Knievel had undergone a liver transplant in 1999 after nearly dying of hepatitis C, likely contracted through a blood transfusion after one of his bone-shattering spills.
Evel Knievel dies at the age of 69
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Evel Knievel dies at the age of 69
by Barricade » Fri Nov 30, 2007 6:13 pm
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by Shadowman » Fri Nov 30, 2007 6:45 pm
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Huh. I didn't know he was still alive.
He's jumping over buses in Heaven now...
He's jumping over buses in Heaven now...
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by Moonbase2 » Fri Nov 30, 2007 6:55 pm
He just settled that lawsuit with Kanye West, too. Kenievel was a really conceited man, but I guess he earned it.
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by Senor Hugo » Fri Nov 30, 2007 7:13 pm
Yeah, totally thought he was dead.
Now I won't be wrong.
Although, in his failing health, he should have attempted one last feat of death-defying goodness.
Like jumping 7 tanks of water filled with man-eating gun-toting sharks with lasers on their heads, with a rabid grizzly bear in the sidecar.
Now I won't be wrong.
Although, in his failing health, he should have attempted one last feat of death-defying goodness.
Like jumping 7 tanks of water filled with man-eating gun-toting sharks with lasers on their heads, with a rabid grizzly bear in the sidecar.
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by Wheeljack35 » Fri Nov 30, 2007 7:30 pm
Wow hewas close by
I'm near Clearwater
I remember him jumping things when I was a kid
I'm near Clearwater
I remember him jumping things when I was a kid
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by Neko » Fri Nov 30, 2007 9:10 pm
I feel bad that I was one of those people who thought he was dead.
So sad to see such an icon pass. RIP Daredevil.
So sad to see such an icon pass. RIP Daredevil.
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by Siren Prime » Sat Dec 01, 2007 5:11 pm
Yup.
He definately did not leave without acomplishing anything.
Final Kudos to him!!
He definately did not leave without acomplishing anything.
Final Kudos to him!!
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by Heavy B » Sat Dec 01, 2007 9:06 pm
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Shadowman wrote:Huh. I didn't know he was still alive.
He's jumping over buses in Heaven now...
busses? hes probubly clearing heaven itself, hes evel "god damn" kenieval.
any way, i will now clear a bus on my dirt bike now as tribute
let 'im RIP
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by Thanatos Prime » Sat Dec 01, 2007 10:33 pm
There truly will never be another Evel...
RIP Kinevel, show em' how it's done up there...
RIP Kinevel, show em' how it's done up there...
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by TheMuffin » Sun Dec 02, 2007 1:27 am
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He was an asshole.
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by Savage » Sun Dec 02, 2007 3:54 am
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I thought he was dead too. But I distinctly recall someone telling me that he had died. I coulda sworn it was just a couple months ago. Creepy.
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by Venomous Prime » Sun Dec 02, 2007 9:20 am
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TheMuffin wrote:He was an asshole.
Unfortunately he was...
But he did a lot of really cool ****!
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